--- title: The black-footed ferret was thought extinct until a dog found one in… — Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales,… · tree and pragmatics description: The black-footed ferret was thought extinct until a dog found one in Wyoming in 1981; a breeding programme saved it, and in 2020 a ferret was cloned from cells frozen in 1988. Who acts: dog, breeding programme. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dog, breeding programme), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo.lesson:11 # text = The black-footed ferret was thought extinct until a dog found one in Wyoming in 1981; a breeding programme saved it, and in 2020 a ferret was cloned from cells frozen in 1988. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:compound 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ _ 4 footed foot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 ferret ferret NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 extinct extinct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 until until SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Wyoming Wyoming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 1981 1981 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 breeding breeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 programme programme NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 2020 2020 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 31 obl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 ferret ferret NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 cloned clone VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 cells cell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 34 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 1988 1988 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · passive | | the footed ferret | | | | extinct *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | a dog | one | | Wyoming | | in 1981 | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 3 | **save** | past | a breeding programme | dog | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **clone** | past · passive | | a ferret | | 2020 | | from cells | tree rules | | 5 | **freeze** | participle | | cells *not said here* | | 1988 | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo.lesson:11`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. 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